Chapter 1 The Ambush Location

The place where Division Commander Li Jiang and his men were to lay their ambush was the same place where Gong Boyi and his team had planted their bombs.

This was because Gong Boyi and his team had already buried the explosives beforehand, planting them along a road stretching over a thousand meters.

With the added camouflage, it would have been difficult for Gong Boyi and his twenty soldiers to change the positions.

Li Jiang led his three regimental commanders to this area, surveying the stretch of highway winding through the hills.

Division Commander Li and Chief of Staff Meng Junli both frowned slightly. "The area that can be seen at a glance is too far.

And there are no forests around, making it difficult to conceal ourselves."

Regimental Commander Ke Fei, Regimental Commander Sheng Feiwen, and Regimental Commander Shangguan Zhiwen all frowned.

They had, however, spotted Gong Boyi and his team's hiding places.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Company had simply dug holes in the ground, carefully removing the soil.

They squatted down inside, and it was truly impossible to see them.

But their method could only hide a small number of people.

If Division Commander Li and his three regiments were to dig holes, the thousands of pits would be noticeable, even to the most unobservant person.

Since Military Commander Deng had already said that they would not bomb the puppet troops for the time being, Gong Boyi had not retrieved the planted explosives.

He was making the worst-case scenario, and if the puppet troops disobeyed orders, there would be no need to be polite.

To that end, they had even installed two more directional mines every fifty meters on both sides of the road.

These bombs were to be detonated when the puppet troops fled the highway and refused to lay down their weapons.

Regimental Commander Sheng Feiwen, who had come to survey the terrain with Division Commander Li, pointed to two small hills on the left side of the highway and said:

"Our regiment will wait behind those two hills, and only rush out after the bombs explode."

Division Commander Li and Chief of Staff Sheng nodded. "That place is less than fifty meters from the highway. After the explosion, you’ll be able to get there quickly enough."

Regimental Commander Sheng said with a smile, "I'll set up the heavy machine gun positions on the hilltop first, leaving only the machine gun firing points.

That way, there won't be many people, and we won't be exposed."

This time, Division Commander Li was satisfied. "That's good!"

The hill on the right side of the highway was a full eighty meters away, with a row of paddy fields in between.

It was impossible to set up an ambush, and Regimental Commander Ke Fei and Regimental Commander Shangguan Zhiwen saw this.

No matter how they thought about it, they couldn't find a place to set up an ambush nearby.

Regimental Commander Ke Fei could only say, "Division Commander, we can only set up an ambush behind the small hill.

It's a little far, but it'll keep the puppet troops from escaping as well."

Division Commander Li's eyes lit up. "Just leave one regiment on the right side, with those paddy fields.

It's hard for us to get through, and it'll be hard for the puppet troops to get through as well.

Regimental Commander Ke, your regiment only needs to block these few field ridges, and it'll be easy to hit those running out of the paddy fields."

"Regimental Commander Sheng and Regimental Commander Shangguan, your two regiments will be on the left side. As soon as the Special Operations Company's bombs go off,

immediately rush out, taking the high ground and ordering them to lay down their weapons and surrender.

Open fire immediately if they resist!"

Gong Boyi chimed in from the side. "We'll detonate the bombs right away.

You must remember, if they surrender, make sure they leave their weapons on the highway.

Then, with their hands on their heads, have them walk to the open ground between the two hills on the left.

The heavy machine guns on the hill can fire at any time in that location.

That way, there's no fear of the puppet troops escaping.

If one of them runs, ten will be punished!"

Listening to Gong Boyi's system of collective punishment, Division Commander Li couldn't help but take another look at him.

Gong Boyi smiled. "Good intentions are being let down, so of course, I have to retaliate a little."

The soldiers of Sheng Feiwen's regiment had lost the miserable expressions they had worn in Tangshan yesterday.

Last night, each of their squads had been equipped with light machine guns, and each company even had heavy machine guns.

This equipment was much better than what they had when they were defending the city of Nanjing.

Although these ordinary soldiers were still a little scared in their hearts,

at least they had eaten two large meals of meat in a row, and their bellies were a little fuller.

And their courage had grown a little.

Ping Taining was an ordinary soldier in Sheng Feiwen's regiment.

Because of his tall stature, he was assigned a light machine gun by Squad Leader Tao Mingyuan.

He was now holding the light machine gun, which looked very new.

It could be seen that it had not fired many bullets.

Ping Taining liked this machine gun very much, the only bad thing was that he hadn't fired a single shot with it since he got it.

Today, he hoped he could open fire.

The heavy machine gunners in their company had the same idea.

Min Yajun was also the designated main shooter for the heavy machine gun. She had just received the machine gun last night.

Because she was too tired, she didn't look at it much, but just took it and hurried to sleep with the team.

This morning, Min Yajun had carefully wiped and maintained the heavy machine gun.

He also wanted to give this heavy machine gun a good start today.

When the regimental commander asked him to place the machine gun on the hilltop, Min Yajun dug the trenches more actively than anyone else.

According to the regimental commander's request: the machine gun could only expose a muzzle, and in no case could it be discovered by the Japanese devils passing by on the highway fifty meters away.

In order to achieve this goal, Regimental Commander Sheng had personally gone to the highway to observe.

Compared with Sheng Feiwen's regiment, the pre-war preparations for the other two regiments were much easier.

Ke Fei's regiment only needed to hide behind the hill and wait.

They only needed to wait for the sound of the explosion on the highway in front, and that was the signal.

Their regiment would charge towards the highway.

Shangguan Zhiwen and his men were the same, they didn't need trenches.

They only needed to charge when the time came.

The equipment of the soldiers in these two regiments was much worse than that of Sheng Feiwen's regiment.

The soldiers were extremely envious of the machine guns and infantry guns in other people's hands.

Division Commander Li Jiang said, "Every regiment will have machine guns and cannons, as long as we fight well today.

The Japanese devils who come later will be sending machine guns and cannons over."

This news made the soldiers feel uneasy: it was true that they wanted good equipment.

But the weapons in other people's hands were not so easy to get.

During these days, the officers and soldiers of the 156th Division had not failed to witness the combat effectiveness of the Japanese devils with these weapons.

Now that they heard what the division commander said, they suddenly felt unsure.

The soldiers of the Fumino Takanaka squad had traveled between Tennoji and Jurong four times.

They were already familiar with this road. When they had just rested in Zhangjiatang, they were only fifteen *li* away from Jurong.

Now, after another hour, they had arrived at Hejia.

Looking at the time, Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka said with satisfaction, "Today we can still make it to Jurong for lunch."

Squad Leader Hokuto Reo quickly said, "I'll tell them to speed up their pace, so we can arrive a little faster."

Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka was very satisfied with Squad Leader Hokuto Reo's attitude. "There's no need for that, we're almost there.

We should let these beasts relax sometimes."

Several soldiers walking next to them laughed together.

In reality, the combat effectiveness of these transport soldiers was not as good as that of the infantry.

But now these transport soldiers had a reason to be proud: their team had captured Nanjing.

Along with that, the morale of these soldiers was also high.

Every soldier was thinking about when they would be able to enter the city of Nanjing to take a look.

And take a good tour of the city of Nanjing.

Kafu Fujitosuke was one of these soldiers who wanted to visit the city of Nanjing.

He had gone to school and admired the legendary Qinhuai River very much.

He had read about the legends of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai in books.

When the military announced that they were going to attack Nanjing, he made up his mind:

He must sit on a painted boat on the Qinhuai River and listen to a little tune.

These few times he had sent supplies to Jurong, once he had even sent ammunition to the edge of the city of Nanjing.

But at that time, Nanjing had not yet been captured, so he had no chance to enter the city.

Perhaps this time, there would be another chance to send supplies directly to the front line?

Sergeant Kafu Fujitosuke looked forward to it.

Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo was on this road for the first time. Their main task this time was to come to Jurong for reinforcements.

They were not here to deliver transport supplies, but Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka was using them as a transport team.

Even so, Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo happily accepted this extra work.

He was very clear about his position: he was just a dog in the eyes of *Taijun*.

A dog must be aware of being a dog, and do whatever the *Taijun* tells it to do.

An obedient dog can get the biggest and thickest bone.

That's right: he was now a battalion commander, in charge of more than six thousand people.

Although he was a dog in front of the *Taijun*, in front of these more than six thousand puppet troops,

Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo was still a battalion commander.

The force he now controlled was equivalent to a division of the National Army.

And the *Taijun* had also said: as long as he performed well, they would equip his team with machine guns, heavy machine guns, and other equipment in the future.

They could even allocate tanks to him.

But Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo still didn't know what it meant to perform well!

Although Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo had not walked this road before.

But he also knew that it was not far away. When they were resting, the *Taijun* had said: there were only fifteen *li* left in front.

Now, they had walked for such a long time.

Division Commander Wu Jianxiong watched the puppet troops passing by on the highway with his two regimental commanders.

Regimental Commander Zi Huacan looked at the hundreds of carts and said enviously, "I wonder what's in those many carts?"

Regimental Commander Chang Yuande said coldly, "No matter what's in them, it's all ours anyway."

Division Commander Wu was happy to hear this and said, "That's right! No matter what it is, they're giving it to us."

Regimental Commander Zi Huacan said to Division Commander Wu, "Division Commander! How can this Special Operations Company be so brave?

It's clear that everyone escaped from the city of Nanjing, but he still insists on fighting the Japanese devils here!"

The division commander didn't speak, but Chang Yuande spoke first, "They must be skilled and bold!

Today, we'll see how they fight planes.

Their artillery is so good, and they have cannons in their hands.

What's there to be afraid of?

Our division has equipment as good as theirs!

…"

Division Commander Wu looked at him and asked with a smile, "How about it?"

"I still don't dare to fight!" Regimental Commander Chang Yuande was very honest.

Division Commander Wu said with a smile, "It's not that we don't dare to fight, it's that we don't fight unnecessary battles.

But like today's battle, it's a battle we have to fight.

If we find such a team on the march, we have to fight them."

"Why?" Regimental Commander Zi Huacan didn't understand.

"To make money!" Division Commander Wu said with a smile.

"Look, the equipment of these puppet troops is similar to our equipment.

Even if they have two hundred Japanese devils, they only have four light machine guns.

No matter what, our division can defeat those Japanese devils.

As for these puppet troops, we're not afraid of them, right?

Look at the hundreds of carts they're escorting, they're full of either grain or ammunition.

Either way, they're all good things.

It's a battle we can win, and after winning, we'll have a lot of supplies.

Of course, we have to gamble on fighting this battle."

Regimental Commander Zi Huacan finally understood.

He asked in confusion, "Then why doesn't the division commander support attacking Jurong?"

Division Commander Wu watched the puppet troops in front of him, as if they would never end.

Now that they had nothing to do,

he explained to his regimental commander, "There are too many Japanese devils in Jurong. Even if we add the strength of our two armies, it's not easy to fight.

When we were on the city walls of Nanjing, we fought against the Japanese devils.

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese devils is really strong. If they really defend Jurong to the death,

even if our two armies don't care about casualties, we may not be able to defeat them.

Not to mention, everyone is a remnant of the defeated army that escaped from the city of Nanjing.

Their morale is completely incomparable to that of the Japanese devils, so I oppose attacking Jurong.

If we could defeat them, who wouldn't want to teach the Japanese devils a lesson?"

"But! I see that the soldiers of the Special Operations Company have very high morale!" Regimental Commander Zi Huacan was a problem child.

"That company of theirs has not suffered any losses since they came out of the city of Nanjing.

They have also taken advantage, so of course, the more they fight, the higher the morale of the soldiers.

Like our two regiments, the morale is better now than it was yesterday afternoon.

I just heard that Chunhua killed five thousand Japanese devils.

Let our two divisions, one division, send a regiment to receive equipment.

Even if it's not the two regiments that were sent to receive equipment, the soldiers have improved a lot.

Always winning battles, the soldiers will always be happy.

Always winning battles, that's a true proud and fierce general."

Finally, Division Commander Wu sighed, "That's what the Special Operations Company is now!

Those soldiers of theirs no longer think that there is anyone in this world who is their opponent."

Regimental Commander Zi Huacan: "Isn't that a good thing?"

"Good! Of course, it's a good thing! It's a pity it's not my team!" Division Commander Wu sighed.

Regimental Commander Zi Huacan said in a low voice, "I think that Company Commander Lin intends to cooperate with us in the long term."

Division Commander Wu said coldly, "Military Commander Deng will not agree.

We only need to go to Ningguo.

We are only here because there is such an opportunity.

And we also owe him a favor."

Regimental Commander Zi Huacan finally stopped asking questions.

Regimental Commander Chang Yuande pointed to the Japanese devils who had just passed by and said, "There are really not many of these Japanese devils.

Even our division alone can defeat them."

Division Commander Wu said with a smile, "Let them enter the ambush circle now!

We'll close the door and prepare to hit them from behind."

When Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo had been walking for almost an hour, Shan Chengfu, who had particularly good eyesight, pointed to a place not far to the left and said:

"Battalion Commander! There are people over there."

Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo said with dissatisfaction, "I've told you several times.

Today, we only care about getting to Jurong and not doing anything else.

What if there are people on the hill on both sides? Even if they are like us before!

What can they do?"

Shan Chengfu stammered and said, "I'm afraid they will come and hit us."

Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo was angry, "Why don't you think about the good things? People are just looking from a distance.

We have so many people and horses, and Jurong is so close, and there is a *Taijun* behind us.

If they want to fight!

They should go and fight the *Taijun*, not us."

Squad Leader Pu Yuanming also added, "That's right, it's useless to hit us.

Shan Chengfu, I think your eyes are blind.

What are you looking at so far away for?

Just stare at the people in front of you, concentrate on walking, don't look left and right."

"Oh!" Shan Chengfu, who had been scolded, finally lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

Division Commander Li Jiang, who was lying far away on the hill watching these puppet troops, remained silent.

There were quite a few of these puppet troops. Although they were ambushing, they needed to have more people.

But the soldiers under his command had, after all, only just come out of a defeat.

Their morale was obviously not high!

These puppet troops who appeared in his field of vision walked for a full ten minutes before Division Commander Li Jiang saw the figures of the Japanese devils.

Regimental Commander Sheng Feiwen's tone was finally a little happy, "There is indeed only one squad of Japanese devils.

Less than two hundred people!"

Division Commander Li Jiang remained silent, staring nervously as the Japanese devils walked step by step towards the ambush.

Gong Boyi, who was crouching thirty meters away from the road, also nervously watched these puppet troops passing by.

Many of these people used to be soldiers in the National Army.

After they were scattered, many of them were caught by the Japanese devils and then became puppet troops.

Gong Boyi felt a little resentful and a little sympathetic towards these people: after being defeated, what else could these people do!

Finally waiting for these puppet troops to pass, Gong Boyi was secretly happy: this Japanese devil team seemed to disdain being with the puppet troops.

They did not follow closely behind the puppet troops, but intentionally kept a distance of thirty meters.

In this case, Gong Boyi could guarantee that he would not accidentally injure a single puppet soldier and blow up this team.

Watching this Japanese devil team approach the ambush he had set up,

Su Hongfang was extremely happy, the Japanese devils had taken the bait, it was time to close the net.

But Gong Boyi had not yet pulled the string, he had to wait: wait for the Japanese devils to walk another hundred meters in his ambush.

This was for insurance, if the Japanese devils really had any survivors, after the first wave of explosions, whether they charged forward or fled backward,

there would still be bombs to send them.

Division Commander Li Jiang was anxiously waiting, he could see the Japanese devils with his own eyes.

Division Commander Wu Jianxiong was also anxiously waiting, a quarter of an hour had passed since the Japanese devils had passed in front of him.

Why hadn't the agreed-upon explosion sounded yet?

Division Commander Wu had led his two regiments onto the highway and set up a position on the highway.

He had deployed a company of soldiers to guard it.

The rest of the soldiers in his two regiments were to advance to the battlefield when the explosion sounded.

"Boom!" The great explosion that tens of thousands of people were expecting finally came.

Gong Boyi pulled the string.

Division Commander Li Jiang first saw the flash on the road, and then heard the explosion.

He immediately ordered, "Quick! Quick, enter the position."

The two regiments he had deployed on the right immediately rushed out from behind the two small hills and entered the simple position that had just been deployed.

The regiment on the left also rushed out at this time, they were more than eighty meters away from the Highway Bureau.

They were charging!

After commanding the team, Division Commander Li Jiang looked at the battlefield: the place where the explosion had just occurred was a section of less than one hundred meters.

Although smoke filled the air, it was still possible to vaguely see the scene inside.

The Japanese devils who were walking just now were no longer standing.

It was not known whether they had been blown down or had taken the initiative to lie down.

Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka was walking on the road with Squad Leader Hokuto Reo next to him, talking and laughing.

Although the road after the rain was a little slippery, it did not affect Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka's current mood at all.

The warriors of the Empire had just entered the capital of this country, such news could keep the entire empire crazy.

Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka was of course no exception, just when he was in a good mood.

Suddenly, he saw a flash of fire in front of him, and the ground was shaking.

Landmine!

What Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka thought of instantly was this question.

However, before he could react, he heard the whistling sound of many bullets passing by his ears.

At the same time, he also felt that his body was being hit by countless bullets.

Bearing the blows at the same time.

Then Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka saw that the soldiers under his command, Squad Leader Hokuto Reo, who had just given him a flattering smile.

They were all slowly falling down.

At the same time, Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka also saw the pain and fear in Squad Leader Hokuto Reo's eyes, and his clothes were being quickly stained red with blood.

Squad Leader Fumino Takanaka did not know what kind of blow he had suffered, he only knew:

His squad was finished!

Completely finished!

The soldiers' dreams of entering the city of Nanjing alive were all shattered.

Leng Jingguo's team, the soldiers walking in the back.

Heard the explosion coming from behind him.

They were so frightened that they stood there in a daze!

After a while, they dared to look back.

They looked back and saw that all the *Taijun* thirty meters behind them had fallen to the ground.

Some of the Japanese devils who had not died were still groaning.

Under them, the blood flowing out had flowed onto the highway, forming small streams.

Not far away, National Army soldiers were also shouting and charging towards this place!

This made the puppet troops feel embarrassed: let's go up and save people!

Scared!

Let's not save people!

Still scared!

These puppet troops, who were already old fritters, saw that the bombs only blew up the Japanese devils, so what didn't they understand?

It was obvious that people were showing mercy and not hitting them!

Chinese people don't hit Chinese people!

If they don't know what's good for them and go to help the *Taijun*, wouldn't that be courting death?

Escape?

Across this short distance, the National Army only charged and did not fire.

This was called showing mercy, did they want to give face or not?

Some sharp-eyed soldiers had already seen the heads and dark muzzles exposed on the two small hills in the high ground.

Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo was in front of the team. When he heard the explosion coming from behind him, he was startled.

He quickly roared, "Who? Who is **!"

His eyes looked at the smoke rising from the rear of the team, and he was about to run back to see what was going on.

Company Commander Rong Hanxu grabbed him, "Battalion Commander, look!"

Battalion Commander Leng Jingguo looked towards the hill on the right: the open ground near the right, not far away were two small hills, and the mountains were full of National Army soldiers.

What he immediately thought of was running: looking to the left, the left was paddy fields, which was not suitable for large-scale troops to retreat.

More importantly, there were also National Army soldiers holding guns and sprinting towards this place on the left.

"What to do?" Company Commander Rong Hanxu asked anxiously.

Shan Chengfu had good eyesight and saw the facts at a glance:

"Battalion Commander, they have at least twenty machine guns, all pointing at us."

It was a matter of one sentence, and he said it very quickly.

Battalion Commander Leng immediately made a decision and said loudly, "This is obviously a pocket that they have arranged long ago, and the number of people is much larger than our own team.

Even if there is a *Taijun*'s team behind the team.

I'm afraid we can't beat them."

When he thought of *Taijun*, Battalion Commander Leng's body trembled: why didn't the *Taijun* fire?

From the explosion to now, no one had fired.

As if he suddenly understood, Battalion Commander Leng immediately made a choice, "Surrender! Surrender! Throw away your guns and raise your hands."

If he was allowed to fire, some of the soldiers under his command might not be familiar with it.

Let them surrender!

These soldiers were extremely skilled.

Battalion Commander Leng's order was immediately conveyed backward, "Surrender! Surrender! Throw away your guns and raise your hands!"

The six thousand puppet troops were more than a thousand meters long, and the battalion commander's order was passed down from mouth to mouth.

When it was passed from the head of the team to the tail of the team.

Some time had already passed.

The smoke on the highway had dissipated for the most part, and the Japanese devils lying in the pool of blood were also revealed.

The puppet troops, who were watching those *Taijun* struggling in the pool of blood with their own eyes, heard the order to surrender.

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart.

They quickly threw their guns and raised their hands, their movements were done in one go.

Division Commander Li Jiang watched the puppet troops on the highway actually surrender.

He was designated to be responsible for attacking the Japanese devil team, Sheng Feiwen's regiment.

Regimental Commander Sheng was rushing in the front. At this time, he had rushed onto the highway and was making up shots at the Japanese devils on the ground.

The soldiers of the Special Operations Company had especially emphasized this matter.

Regimental Commander Sheng ordered, "The first company will clean up the Japanese devils, and the rest of the companies will immediately seize the weapons of the puppet troops."

Leng Battalion Commander's team was indeed calm in the face of danger. Although the soldiers were flustered, not many of them ran away.

They all honestly raised their hands and stood on the highway.

When the soldiers of the three regiments of the 156th Division also got on the highway, these puppet troops were driven to the place where Division Commander Li Jiang and his men had just rushed out.

Heavy machine guns were set up on the hill, and all of Battalion Commander Leng's puppet troops were in this open space.

Division Commander Li Jiang had sent a communicator to report to Military Commander Deng.

At the same time, he began to clean up the battlefield. At this time, the five thousand soldiers under his command.

Everyone was smiling and happy, and their faces showed joy after their emotions.

When they walked, their feet were light, and when they spoke, their voices were loud.

As if afraid that someone would not hear them clearly.

These soldiers picked up the rifles scattered on the ground one by one.

The rifles used by these puppet soldiers were actually the same Zhongzheng rifles that they used.

It was not the Type 38 rifle used by the Japanese devils.

Division Commander Li Jiang said with a smile, "Look at these guns, they are all ours.

Now they are back in our hands."

Regimental Commander Sheng quickly said, "Yes! They are all good guns! They are even newer than the guns in our hands."

Division Commander Li nodded, "They were defeated all the way from Shanghai, and the Japanese devils don't know how many of these rifles they captured.

They can't use them all, so they gave them all to these puppet troops."

Regimental Commander Chang Yuande opened a bag, "Division Commander! There is grain in here!"

Soon the items on many of the carts were checked.

The most common thing in these carts was grain, and only two hundred carts were loaded with ammunition.

But for the 156th Division, this was already a great fortune.

This ammunition was just right for those machine guns and heavy machine guns to use.

All the officers and soldiers of the entire 156th Division were smiling.

When Division Commander Wu Jianxiong led his team to rush up, the battlefield had already been cleaned up.

He only saw hundreds of carts parked on the highway, as well as the piles of guns.

He wanted to complain a few words, but he didn't know where to start.

He couldn't say to Division Commander Li Jiang, "Brothers, you fought too fast and didn't leave us anything?"